# Trust Doctor (eqv to ST3+) in Neonatal Transport

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Paediatrics
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £51931.00 to £69976.00
- **Contract type:** 12 months (fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14T11:30:35.465Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8366725
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8366725?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The London Neonatal Transfer Service (NTS) is offering 6-12-month fellowships with the option to extend by mutual agreement. The posts suit senior middle-grade or post-CCT doctors who seek focused training in neonatal transport together with leadership, quality-improvement and operational experience before consultant appointment.

Why choose London NTS?

- In 2023-24 we processed 2,340 requests and completed 1,903 transfers, including 950 emergencies, making NTS consistently the UK’s highest-volume neonatal transfer service.
- Road-based with air capability, covering emergency uplift, palliative and elective repatriation across 26 London units, with occasional PICU transfers.
- A dedicated NTS Consultant Neonatologist is always available for clinical and operational advice.
- Fellows typically lead 80-100 emergency transfers in six months, each formally debriefed and logged for reflection.

### Main duties of the job

Professional development: You will join an enthusiastic multidisciplinary team and benefit from:

- Leadership, management, research, QI and CPD opportunities.
- Regular simulation, Human Factors and clinical governance sessions.
- Access to the co-located 44-cot medico-surgical NICU, Children’s Hospital and Fetal Medicine service at the Royal London Hospital.

Working arrangements: Fellows participate in a compliant, rolling full-shift rota with scheduled admin and professional-development time. Flexibility and collaborative rota management are actively encouraged.

Enquiries: Dr Burak Salgin – Consultant Neonatologist, London NTS Email: burak.salgin@nhs.net

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description and the person specification provide an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, outlining the qualification, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

Please view the attachment below.

Please be advised that the vacancy advertisement may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- At least 24 months experience at middle-grade level in paediatrics and 6 months in a tertiary neonatal unit
- NLS or equivalent

**Desirable**

- ARNI provider or instructor
- NLS instructor

### Experience

**Essential**

- At least 24 months experience at middlegrade level in paediatrics and 6 months in a tertiary neonatal unit

**Desirable**

- Previous retrieval experience

### Skills/Abilities

**Essential**

- Good experience in common paediatrics and neonatal practical skills

### Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- Excellent communication skills
- Reputation for excellent team working
- Good clinical and theoretical knowledge in common paediatric conditions
- Good clinical and theoretical knowledge in common neonatal diseases
- Good practical skills
- Good management skills

### Education/ Qualifications

**Essential**

- MBBS or equivalent

**Desirable**

- MRCPCH or equivalent

## Documents

- [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119)
- [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446)
- [job description & person spec. (pdf, 290.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10693926)
- [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120)

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